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Monday, 11 April 2011

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Define Your Blog week with a chance for YOU to join in on Thursday.

If you'd like to take your seats, I'll take you through your schedule for this week at Modern Country Style. Would you turn to page twenty-four of pamphlet you were given at the door....

Wait, what do you mean there was no pamphlet?....and no door either?....and no seats?....

Well, then, I guess it's just me and you, baby.

Here's how I plan this week to go. Starting today, I'm going to do a li'l series of posts defining how I see each area of my blog: renovation, inspiration and creation.

And then on Thursday 14th, it'll be time for YOU to link up to the Define Your Blog link party. Please feel free to link up either a post that you feel defines your blog to perfection, or, preferably, a post specifically dedicated to defining your blog.
{There's a fine-looking button on the side bar, waiting just for you}

When I first started Modern Country Style, I decided that I wanted my blog to have three aspects to it:

Inspiration, Renovation and Creation.

In today's post, I'm going to

define the five types of Inspiration posts I use

at Modern Country Style:

{For each photo, you can click on the image to be taken to relevant posts}

1) Paint Colours

When I'm choosing paint colours, I love searching out pictures of rooms painted in the colours I'm pondering over. I thought it might be helpful for other people to collate them in one place.

This picture links to a post about Farrow and Ball Light Blue

2) Celebrity and Film Inspiration

From lovelies such as Nigella....need I say more?

Click on the image to see Nigella's kitchen...

Oooh, and film sets.... there'll be plenty more of these coming your way, I can tell you.

Something's Gotta Give kitchen post, anyone?

3) Style-themed series posts

At the moment, I'm working through two style series. One is Belgian Style:

Click the image if you fancy seeing all posts dedicated to Belgian Style

...and the other is Making Over Your Kitchen....

Click on the image to be taken to Modern Country Kitchen Inspiration

4) Having a snoop

I love having a sneak peek at other people's lovely houses, so when I find one I love, I simply have to share it here.

Love this house? Click on the image for more lusciousness...

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Welcome to Kitchen Nirvana....I'm serious...

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5) Specifics

When I'm working on a particular room, I find it invaluable to break it down into specifics. So, for example, in the bedroom, I looked at doors, beds, and storage....

Wanna see some Modern Country Bedrooms? Click on through...

...or how about ideas about Al Fresco dining to DIE for?

So there you have it. The five types of Inspiration Posts I use at Modern Country Style.

Inspiration defined? Check.

Come back veeeeeeery soon for a closer look at Modern Country Crafts....

50 comments
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Like you, I like to look at a LOT of things before doing something in my own home. Like seeing how others used colors I'm interested in or maybe how they worked around a particular problem for storage or arrangement or what not. But unlike you, I'm too lazy to upload those inspirations, LOL!

Great idea, this linky party! I will definitely be writing a post, linking up and linking back to your blog. This comes at a good time, I think I need to sit down and revisit the reasons I write a blog! Janell

What a great idea...again! This is a great time to think more about my blog...I use mine more of a journal of little things in my little life but I would like more of a direction. This will definately help me ... I love yours because it's so full of fun and inspiration and beautiful things!!!!

I will come back veeeeeeeerry soon, I promise! :-) I love this idea Sarah and I know which post I'm going to be linking up. Be sure to come over today...you might see a familiar face at our blog! Vanessa

Hi Sarah, im Bonnie, ur latest follower, i found u featured over at the picket fence...Ur post has really got me to thinking aswell...Im adding u to my sidebar and cant waite to link up on thursday. Have a great Mondday.........Bonnie

This is a great idea for a linky party. Like many others, my blog is only an operational definition, but I could use the incentive to think about it a little more deeply. Love Nigella, by the way, but HOLY COOKBOOKS!

If you will do me the honor of flying to Colorado and help me paint the kitchen, I'll have a post for Thursday :) Looks like a great link party, Sarah! I like how you think! Do you think people would notice if I used the kitchen from "Something's Gotta Give" and called it mine? :)

I will try to put something together for Thursday, I will be here with bells on!I love all of your inspiration and of course, as I have mentioned before, I enjoy your wit tremendously! Seriously, I do!Hugs, Cindy

I really like how you've broken this down into recognizable & easy to define segments. I get inspiration from so many things & places, certainly not the least of which is right here in blogland. I subscribe to a lot of mags and rarely spend much time reading the articles. I devour the pictures, even the adds. I've gotten so many ideas for wall art or tablescapes from some small section of a mag photo that was totally unrelated to what the photo was about. Crazy, huh?Your blog is wonderful.CAS

Hi Sarah, I have been thinking quite a lot about this question you have posed. What I would like my blog to be about and what it is about. Thanks for making me sit up and have a good think.Did you say modern country craft. I am hoping for more yummy crochet.

Hi Sarah- Thanks so much for your words of encouragement on my blog and for offers of help with it- so utterly sweet of you. Yes not even two weeks in - am loving it even though it is more time consuming than I thought. Amazed at how many lovely people there are out there. Where abouts do you live in the Cotswalds? I used to go to school in Cheltenham then uni in Oxford so know it well xxx

What a magnificent idea for a party! I am working long hours right now so I can't do another new post but I will be joining the party to introduce everyone to a new artist. I don't know that it defines my blog but introducing new artists is an aspect of it. You have wonderful party ideas! See you Thursday.

Sarah you already know I think your blog is lovely, it is certainly interesting to know where you get your inspiration from.You know where my inspiration comes from, the beauty of the place I am lucky enough to be living in :)Forgive me though if I do not link up to your party.

How have you been lately? I hope you are doing well, and enjoying the first of spring! :)

Sorry I have been terrible MIA lately. I am trying to organize my life so that I have a consistent and predictable time to blog. I am so sad when I don't get the time to do it, and I think organization is the key! Hopefully you can forgive me for being the worst blogger friend ever!

Now, about this party idea of yours...it is such a wonderful idea! I will be giving it some thought, and definitely plan to join in! :) I loved reading this post, and the pictures you shared are so beautiful. And inspiring. {Inspiring me to get started making something beautiful today!} :)

Sarah, you've got an extremely focused blog. My absolute favorite without question. Love to see your inspiration and read about your process. You're so insightful without being pedantic. I think that you're about 72 steps ahead of the rest of us in terms of strategizing for content and networking with your peers. Would be interested to know if you gained any insights from your reader query last week - any surprises? I'll be checking in with you either late Thurs or sometime Friday. We're driving south to the shore for a few days... xoxo Diane

Hello, just found your blog through My Romantic Home. I love the inspiration you have shared and also am interested in watching your renovation. I am a new follower. I invite you to visit my blog.Linda

Sarah, I dream through your blog, and it inspires me to boot. I see things that you show and it makes me appreciate what I have, but makes me yearn for what I want to. So I love seeing what you post and the sense with which you do it! oo

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